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Another great binder project! This is an E-book package on project management. Designed specifically for Technical Consultants to manage the kinds of project they see every day in their consulting practice.The e-book is delivered as two documents in a single download.

Make every project a successful and profitable project!

Perfect as a place to start managing your next server installation. Based on the best practices of KPEnterprises Business Consulting, The Super-Good Project Planner for Technical Consultants covers the basics of project planning in the real world of the Small Business I.T. consultant.

Then it jumps right into a down-and-dirty, get-it-done process for creating and implementing projects that work. The primary audience is the technical consultant.
But this process, with very little fine-tuning, should work for just about any SMB project.
We show you how to

Meet all the project goals

Maintain excellent communication with the client

Manage expectations

Stay profitable

and

Avoid scope creep!

Product Description
This book is guaranteed to improve your business.

Thousands of companies have used this book to improve and standardize their processes, document their client networks, and take their businesses to the next level -- and so can you!

Standard operating procedures will set you free!
Having standardized forms and procedures can go a long way to improving your company's success and profitability. Projects are simply the next step in that process.

Sample Projects
We have included three sample projects. With these, we've filled out all of the project forms so you can walk through it and see exactly how it's done. The projects are
- Moving a Web Site from Small Business Server to a Hosted Server
and
- Switching to a New ISP with Zero Downtime
and
- Moving from Hosted Email to Bring Email In-House with Zero Downtime

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Newly Released / Newly Revised!

This four-volume set is the definitive guide to Managed Services. From the front office to the tech department, we cover it all. Every computer consultant, every managed service provider, every technical consulting company - every successful business - needs SOPs!

When you document your processes and procedures, you design a way for your company to have repeatable success. And as you fine-tune those processes and procedures, you become more successful, more efficient, and more profitable. The way you do everything is your brand.

How to Deliver Successful, Profitable Projects on Time with Your Small Business Clients

Small Business project management is simply not as complicated as project management in the enterprise. But small business projects have the same challenges as enterprise projects: They need to achieve their goals effectively, on time, and within budget.

They also face the same primary challenge – staying inside the scope of the project!

This great little book provides a simple process project planning and management process that is easy to learn and easy to teach to your employees, fellow technicians, and sub-contractors. You’ll learn to track any project, explain all the stages to clients and employees, and verify that everything is completed on time and under budget.

The authors show you a great technique for making sure that scope creep is a thing of the past! Make every project a successful and profitable project!

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